Support for street railways or tramways



(No Model.) Y

J. M. PRICE.

SUPPORT FOR STREET RAILWAYS 0R TRAMWAYS.

No. 478,362. Patented July 5, 1892.

lllll lllll WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

JAMES M. PRICE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPORT FOR STREETRAILWAYS OR TRAMWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent 0. 478,362, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed April 22, 1891. Serial No. 389,915. (No model.)

To wZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residingin the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Supports for StreetRailways or'Tramways, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in rail-supports, and has for itsobject a'detachable support for a rail, which can be easily put in placeand if broken or injured can be readily removed and another substituted,and which can remain in position for service under successive rails; andfor this purpose it consists of girders formed substantially asdescribed and adapted to be connected so as to constitute a firm seatfor the rail.

It further consists of the combination of parts, as hereinafterdescribed.

Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional View of a portion of astreet-rail with girder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents apartial sectional and partial side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.Fig. vertical sectional View of a modification of a portion of thegirder shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a street-rail having thedepending flanges B on its sides, and C a girder adapted to support thesaid rail, which is firmly secured thereon. The said girders arefastened to the cross-ties D by means of the chairs E, or they may reston any suitably-prepared bed. The girders O are formed of a main portionF and metallic side plates G. The said plates fill the spaces betweenthe fiangesB of the rail and the sides of the main portion F, and aresecured to said main portion by the spikes H. The spikes J, passingthrough openings in the flanges B, secure the rail to the girder. The

a represents a of the metal in'the plates due to a change of temperatureand also the depression of the plates due to the pressure of the railsthereon, thereby avoiding contact with the upper ends of saidangle-irons. A side plate G having its lower portion reduced inthickness, is shown in Fig. 3. By having the girders or supports ofshort length curves of any size may be made by placing the adjacent endsof the girders at an angle to each other, the angles formed by thecontiguous girders in each curve being equal.

It will be seen that girders formed as herein described are simple inconstruction, easily put in place, and readily permit the securing ofthe rails thereto, thus affording a convenient system ofsupport for arailway.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A supporting-girder fora street-rail, having a main portion of Woodwith strengthening-plates of metal secured to the upper portion of itssides, said plates extending below the depending flanges of a railresting on said girder, said parts being combined substantially asdescribed.

2. A street-rail having depending flanges, a wooden girder with metallicside plates adapted to contact with said flanges, and means,substantially as described, for securing said girder in place, saidmetallic side plates extending below said flanges, but not in contactwith the chairs, securing said girders laterally, said parts beingcombined' substantially as described.

JAMES M. PRICE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS.

